Birku Surname

103,761st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Birku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia4,5071:21,6432,769
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Birku (4,703) may also be a first name.

Birku Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birku Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Birku (Hindi: बिरकू, Marathi: बीरकु, Russian: Бирку) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birku? popularity and diffusion

Birku is the 103,761st most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,609,440 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Birku live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Birku is also the 99,886th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 4,703 people.

Birku is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,507 people, or 1 in 21,643. Besides Ethiopia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Birku Last Name Statistics demography

Birku earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Birkuš9135/
Birkui9134/
Birkou9128/
Hbirkou8311/
Birckuy834/
Bierkau832/
Bhirkud831/
Birkhau831/
Bhirkut831/
Bircu80340/
Berku8051/
Birkó8031/
Byrku805/
Birkhaus773/
Berkau73502/
Berkup7358/
Berkou7340/
Byrkus7333/
Byreku7329/
Berkuz7319/
Virkku738/
Virkau732/
Byrkut731/
Birkoe731/
Bircau731/
Berkuś731/
Berkui731/
Bircup731/
Birkhoutz711/
Berkoud67438/
Berkhut679/
Berkout676/
Berkouz672/
Berkush672/

Birku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birku in the Hindi language
बिरकूbiraku-
Birku in the Marathi language
बीरकुbiraku-
Birku in the Russian language
Биркуbirku-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birku
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